One of the disappointments of Mayor Wu's first term has been how she will not prioritize our time as bus riders over the way city streets are only for private car gridlock, double parking, etc She's even ripped out BRT bus lanes 😭 @mayorwu.boston.gov @wutrain.bsky.social

Drivers should be more aware of the high cost of crashes. To the extent most don't distinguish the line items on their car insurance (property liability v bodily injury liability, liability v collision & comprehensive) these high costs might be good on top of safety benefits of the tech.

A remarkable trend that will come as a shock to you if your only info about NYC is from this Fox News. Homicides in NYC... 1990: 2,262 1993: 1,927 1998: 629 2001: 649 2013: 335 2019: 320 2021: 488 2024: 382 2025 (as of 12/28): 302

You know how drivers crashed into more than 6,000 7-Elevens over a 15-year period? Well, here’s one with some beefy new bollards. They’re even using them for advertising. Start of a trend? @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social

Puerto Rico’s 🇵🇷 transit agency shared a video highlighting achievements during this year. Infanously, the metro was partially shut down for multiple weeks after a key transformer blew up within Tren Urbano facilities.

Was every 30 minutes but the new terminal A so badly hurt internal circulation they extended to every 40 running the same 3 busses

Increased GO28 service would be great. I used to use it all the time to get to the airport or Bloomfield Ave, but unfortunately it runs every 40 minutes. It’s much quicker than regular buses. Would be great to extend more frequent service out to Montclair.

No Operational & Customer Service Committee meeting until January, but I wanted to share a snapshot of your feedback collected in November via: • the online form (njtransit.com/advocate) & my email ([email protected]) • my social media platforms (X & Bluesky)

Prior to implementation, the city conducted monitoring at intersections along Washington and found constant blocking of bike lanes, clogged bus stops, and overstayed loading zones. The success of CLEAR has been immediate and impactful.

more middle class communists get mad on behalf of an imaginary poor person they would never actually help in real life

really bugs me when people post incoherent nonsense and then get all holier-than-though when people point out that it’s not actually true (you can buy an OMNY card with cash from a vending machine just like the old metrocards)

Starting January 4, riders will be able to tap and go using OMNY on all Bee-Line buses. The system makes boarding quicker, supports contactless payment, and allows for free transfers with MTA subways and buses.

Corruption has a cost. It pulls the government’s attention away from those who need it most.   That’s why we must fight against it in all forms, at all levels.

A Waymo robot blocked a light rail train before & after turning: Jefferson onto Taylor (Fisherman's Wharf), SF Another Waymo robot illegally stopped in the No Stopping Anytime zone on Taylor kept it from clearing the intersection. "the train conductor looked so done" OP: tiktok.anjaniforpresident

It’s so funny how they keep showing San Francisco instead of Santa Clara for this game. Santa Clara is such an uninteresting place. It’s just a grid of wide stroads, wide intersections and strip malls. I remember how awful driving there was vs SF. You have to wait forever for the lights to cycle.

The latest version of the NJ Senate low-speed e-bike registration, license and insurance bill proposes a 1 year ban on selling of e-bikes over the internet. The legislature has 3 more work days to ram this bill through. www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/...

Ocean heating defies all earlier projections. We are on the worst possible track. Yet this has completely vanished as a topic of conversation in America.

Queens residents — especially those in the Rockaways — need another train line. Streetsblog contributor Samuel Santaella hopes that the new mayor will put his weight behind the concept.

Mr Transmission, you’re a friend of mine youtu.be/Fi6rN1zdk_Y?...

Pennsylvania could address the gaps in our intercity bus system for a mere $14.8 million per year, a third of what PennDOT is spending to improve a single interchange in Wexford. via: @alexdavistransit.bsky.social

One of the persistent lies is that this project has anything to do with freight: 1. 80% of the Port of NY/NY is Elizabeth and Newark. Only 10% is the Port of Bayonne 2. More than that, port trucks are spread throughout the day because they wouldn't fit in the port. Nothing to do with peak demand

It’s been 5 years since I built this mini site documenting NYC’s 5.3 million parking spaces in more detail than ever done before. Encouraging to see the case for metering more parking in the NYT. toomanycars.nyc

Some other proposals for the Journal Sq area are listed here. I spoke with Mike Lydon of Open Plans, who also said the blocks of Pavonia Ave between Summit Ave and JFK Blvd could become bus-only.

Call him and let him know how pissed you are going to be when Citibike closes shop in Jersey City and Hoboken.

safer e-bikes to get around our. Instead, we need more investments in bicycle education and protected bike lanes around the state. If you agree, call Senator Scutari and tell him what you think. (732) 827-7480 [email protected]

The Turnpike Trap Coalition publishes the following statement in response to NJTA's Friday announcement. The "cancellation" is misleading: ❌ Proceeding with 4 new lanes adding >20K cars and trucks a day to Newark & Jersey City ❌ Tear down and rebuild plans after 14A are murky ❌ No dollars for NJT

broke: transit signal priority woke: MetroBus signal priority

At least 4 Waymo robots, one in front of the bus and three right behind it. Who knows how many more are heading right into this to suffer the same fate/FUBAR. Waymo knows they have this problem and so should their regulators and anyone who has been paying attention. OP: tiktok.feelwellwitharielle

bus-only queue jump doing its job on eglinton, letting buses glide past long lines of left turning cars to enter cedarvale station. sometimes its short, focused transit priority treatments like this that make all the difference!

119 “ons” on Central and Congress in Jersey City vs 126 “ons” on Washington and 14th St in Hoboken. 126 is every 10, the 119 is sometimes every 20 - or - worse. 119 2025 rides = 2.6 million 126 = 3.5 million

With only *some* bus lanes having automated enforcement, data shows drivers are slowly changing behavior after 1,200,000 summonses for double parking or parking in a bus-only lane.

NJ announced a change to the Turnpike expansion project: it WON'T widen the Turnpike extension in Bayonne & JC. That's a win, but not time to take a victory lap yet. They'll still add car lanes on the bridge approaching it, so, more cars, pollution, & traffic. Spend that $10.5 bil on NJT instead!

Keep bike lanes weird. But srsly, “bike lanes” allow for all sorts of mobility freedoms, most importantly motor chairs and adaptive devices.

The new plan is still doubling the size of the bridge. Still spending $11B to bring more cars into Jersey City. Still wasting NJ money for more highway instead of better transit. There is some progress here - but our work is from far over.

Another pedestrian killed by a hit and run driver in Philly..

This is BIG news for JC and proof that advocacy works! I’m thrilled to hear that the Turnpike Authority finally listened to everyone who spoke out against the Turnpike widening. Now we have to keep the pressure on and get more funding for the PATH and NJT t.e2ma.net/message/rix1...

Even with PTC, NJ Transit still appears to of had two trains collide in Montclair: newjersey.news12.com/nj-transit-t...

Looks like there might be a decent amount. The 10 has much higher ridership. Wonder what’s happening at 23rd St in Bayonne.

On Thursday evening, a pickup truck driver struck three pedestrians crossing Castleton Avenue, killing 66-year-old Staten Island resident Nilsa Cruz, and sending two other women to the hospital.

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Some of the uniformed opinions you come across around here sometimes. Lots of people in Northern climates do not own cars, and that’s incredibly evident. Temperatures every once in a while getting down to 0 degrees in Minneapolis - is not a good reason to own a car.

As the era of the MetroCard comes to an official end this year, a transit YouTuber and his friend traveled the longest possible distance on a single swipe — from Putnam to Suffolk County. Miles Taylor and @jeremyzorek.bsky.social from @milesintransit.com joined NY1. Watch here: specne.ws/ns733g

Our merch fits perfectly into your holiday stockings! Order your Bike JC merch by noon on Friday, December 19 to ensure it gets shipped by the 20th! bikejc.org/shop

If/when they start removing those citibike stations, all of us Citibike users will remember: New Jersey Democrats killed Citibikes @mikiesherrill.bsky.social

Garden State pols want to require all e-bike riders have licenses, registration and insurance — citing several instances of drivers killing two-wheelers to justify making it harder for New Jerseyans to access the benefits of even the lowest-speed e-bikes. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/12/19/n...

I am a Democratic voter and I won’t be happy if Citibike stops operating in Jersey City and Hoboken. @mikiesherrill.bsky.social

NJ folks: tell your state Senators and Assembly members to vote NO on #S4834 and #A6235 tell Sen. #Scutari to hold real hearing where he might discover that this bill would sink #Citibike statewide and cause more people to get into SUVs to deliver #burritos. #NJsenate #NJassembly @kim.senate.gov

It is heartbreakingly cruel that a woman is simply walking across the street to get to where she’s going, and in seconds, she’s gone. Another SUV driver has killed an innocent person in NYC in a crosswalk. A family is about to have the worst holiday season of their lives.

Almost got hit by a car making a left turn as I was in the crosswalk (I had the little walk guy. I could tell as he was moving slowly towards the crosswalk he wasn’t paying attention because he just kept moving until I yelled “stop!”